Virginia Finally Makes It Legal to Have Oral and Anal Sex

Yes, Virginia, you can go down on each other without going to jail.

Virginians who love oral and anal sex have a reason to celebrate today: It is finally legal to practice sodomy in the state (via Nerve). Oddly enough, an antiquated law from 1950 previously barred anyone, even consenting, married couples, from having oral and anal sex with one another. The T-shirts should have said, "Virginia is for lovers as long as it's missionary and nothing else." The state recognized the ridiculousness of the law and has been actively trying to amend it for years, but a series of legal loopholes made it more difficult than anticipated.

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The state also just recently overturned a law that forbade sex outside of marriage, under which eight people were actually convicted last year as plea bargains for other sentences.